VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis promised ‘solutions’ to the issue of priestly celibacy in an interview yesterday that raised the possibility…

KABUL: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The agency said the quake hit…

The world implored Israel and Hamas to end hostilities Saturday, but the violence escalated with the toll in Israeli strikes…

WASHINGTON: Iran’s foreign minister has called for an “immediate end” to Israel’s bombing of Gaza and criticised the United States…

NAIROBI: Britain has advised its citizens to avoid the Kenyan island of Lamu, a popular tourist destination, following a string…

WASHINGTON: Japan’s new policy on military action would allow its forces to come to the aid of a US naval…

TOKYO: Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan’s shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early yesterday was an aftershock of the…

WASHINGTON: The United States’ top public health agency revealed Friday a series of alarming incidents in which dangerous biological agents…